A photograph printed at blackprint is not a reproduction. It is the result of a conversation between an image and a material — where the weight of a paper, the colour of its white, the grain of its fibres, can either carry a photograph or hold it in tension. The print becomes an object — something you recognise the moment you hold it.
blackprint is a fine art print studio and contemporary gallery in Zurich, dedicated to black-and-white photography and image-based art.
The studio’s practice is rooted in the Piezography® Pro carbon pigment ink system, printed on handcrafted Japanese Washi and selected fine art papers — chosen as much for their archival quality as for their character: touch, surface, fibre, the particular white of each sheet. This research into paper is central to the practice, and to what makes each print singular.
blackprint edition publishes limited works produced entirely in-house: carbon pigment prints from historical glass plate negatives and positives, phygital editions, and collaborations with contemporary artists.
The gallery represents artists working across analogue photography, video installation, drawing, and painting.